Mal C

Knew I'd seen that Quote somewhere... fabulous bit of writing from I assume Peter Guralnick, as it only credits 'Guralnick' on how this track came about... Sam Cooke And The Song That 'Almost Scared Him' Fifty years ago this week, Sam Cooke strolled into a recording studio, put on a pair of headphones, and laid down the tracks for one of the most important songs of the civil rights era. Rolling Stone now calls "A Change Is Gonna Come" one of the greatest songs of all time, but in 1964 its political message was a risky maneuver. Cooke had worked hard to be accepted as a crossover artist after building a sizable following on the gospel circuit. And the first thing to know about the song, Cooke biographer Peter Guralnick says, is that it's unlike anything the singer had ever recorded. "His first success came with the song 'You Send Me.' I mean, this was his first crossover number under his own name, and it went to No. 1 on the pop charts, which was just unheard of," Guralnick says. "As he evolved as a pop singer, he brought more and more of his gospel background into his music, as well as his social awareness, which was keen. But really, 'A Change Is Gonna Come' was a real departure for him, in the sense that it was undoubtedly the first time that he addressed social problems in a direct and explicit way." Read More... Image taken from the article and credited 'Sam Cooke in 1964, performing on the ABC variety show Shindig! just a few months before his death that December. ABC Photo Archives. --- I nearly bit on the 'Rude bard' post, but realised thats exactly why I hate some of these 'Rubbish' threads, your entitled to your opinion, perhaps we should leave it at that. Malcolm

Another of my random posts, I know... but not without reason, lots of arguing the toss about rubbish on this site IMO, not enough about the sheer beauty of the music... let me rephrase that, there is lots of great stuff on the music, but we could loose all the rubbish about Dj's and the Northern soul top 500... and what venue allows talc... utter rubbish.. so with this in mind, I'll leave you with this for the Festive Season, listen and feel the glow inside... :-)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbO2_077ixs Mal.C

Nahh, Ive listened to it again and again, Pope 45 is not a patch on Jesse James... production or Vocal, as for the comparison of smokey against Bobby Bland... totally different singers there can be no comparison made with those artists in my mind...Sorry mate, but The Pope aint no DOPE!! I checked out the flip on the issue also, nice track, but still not as electrifying as Love affair... I think some tracks just hold something that others dont, you can point singularly to the vocal, or the the arrangement, the recording, the backing singers and all that, but it has to be taken as a whole, every time I hear this track it fills me with excitement very few other soul tracks do, id go as far as saying it maybe my all time favorite 45... As you rightly said thought, it basically comes down to personal preference... Malcolm

got any Aussie 45's to sell mate? Malcolm

I remember that one Benji, quite some years back, sure he did a scan of it....

Fred Paris-I Just Can't Satisfy Green Sea I wonder whether some enterprising soul saw the label, and off the back of Pearlean Grey this Must have been played... begs the question, was Pearlean Grey an early Wigan spin also? Mal.C

thats the thing, those reissues are pretty dam near.. cheers guys..

Not quite as exotic as some of the above, but made me very happy this week.... Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) / Tamla Motown Ray Charles - Don't Need no Doctor / Ampar

Thank God, the last day of Christmas Post!!! i thought this 45 had gone south, 2 months waiting and it turned up today... Ray Charles - I Don't Need no Doctor on Aussie Ampar.... Bloody hard to get on Aussie I can tell you, not a demo but beggars cant be choosers... notice they released it as 'Don't Need No Doctor'.... Mal.C

I like demo's... in fact Ive quite a few RCA 12" demos so basically I collect them, I do the same with Aussie Tamla, and I like British LP Motown Demo's as well... I know thats sad...

After this 12": Michael Wycoff - Looking up to you / RCA 12" Demo must be Mint or near Mint condition..label and vinyl... Best see the picture,.. Kind regards, Malcolm

other than the names mentioned above, some of which I'm aware of, I know of 4 other people who have this one.. lets face it they would have done a run of 500 wouldn't they?

did you buy of me, or me off you?

shame Ive had a Bell acetate and WD on Jamie of the Revels 45, be honest they were hard to sell so £100-£125 is what I rate that at.. depending on condition of course.. M

What's the question again?

Happy Christmas all.. And well done the soul source team...

is this the Date records recording by any chance?

The very ones, were they from a particular plant you think? Must have been

Good Morning, New Christmas sales below... ** Payment to be made by pay pal, as Friends & Family (Gift Payment) to: arkanoid300@hotmail.com ** POST ** 1st Class Signed for Within the Uk (Insured upto £50) £2.50 Reg Post (Insured upto £500 within the UK) £7.15 If your overseas just say where and I'll quote you separately....I do not offer free postage unless stated. Kind regards, Malcolm ---- The Faithful Wonders — Ol’ John (Behold Thy Mother) / Ex (dh) Checker £70 Stunning track, the music and disc, doubt this has been touched since the day it was returned as unsold stock. Willie Greasham and The Free Food Ticket — I Cried Boo Hoo / Majesty Ex £20 Absolute spanker of a copy, and a brilliant driven Soul Funker… Dee Dee Warwick - We're Doing Fine / I Want To Be With You / Blue Rock Pre Production Acetate VG++ £50 One for the Blue Rock Collectors, Signed by Cecil who I guess was a company rep or PR Man… Dan Folger - The Way of The Crowd / ELF WD VG++ (Xol) £80 Classic Beat ballad, it’s a BIG one! Very Nice copy… Cookie Scott & The Chevelles — Mislead £120 This is the release with Mislead vocal and Inst on it, a yellow issue. Always preferred this Crossover track from Cookie personally… Clara Wood - You're After My Guy / Old and Grey / Imperial WD M- (Stamped) £120 ** SOLD ** Classic west coast Mid-tempo track with a brilliant flip side, always thought ‘Old & Grey’ was maybe the stronger side, very minty copy… Black Velvet - Is It Me You Really Love / An earthquakes Coming / BTR Records £80 EX ** SOLD ** Two brill sides, but ‘Is It Me You Really Love’ is a sublime track. Label has bubbling, as do allot of copies of this, see the scan. Black & Blue - What I Got / Goin Back To Miss Annie Mercury Red Issue £120 This is the Red Issue with the brilliant flip side; you don’t get this on the common Demo’s, two brilliant crossover tracks for your money…lots of Demo's about, not many Issues... Kind regards, Malcolm

DIANE JENKINS - I NEED YOU - CREATIVE FUNK....EX....selecta disc press....£15. does this have the spoken intro Kev? malcolm

Good Morning, New Christmas sales below... ** Payment to be made by pay pal, as Friends & Family (Gift Payment) to: arkanoid300@hotmail.com ** POST ** 1st Class Signed for Within the Uk (Insured upto £50) £2.50 Reg Post (Insured upto £500 within the UK) £7.00 If your overseas just say where and I'll quote you separately....I do not offer free postage unless stated. Kind regards, Malcolm ---- Liz Lands - Midnight Johnny / Gordy EX++ tad of M- £100 This is the very rare later issue on Gordy, very few have turned up on this label design, Its mint bar a slight mark, I wont say scratch because you cant hear it at all, plays loud and clear, very rare on this design… Johnny Summers - I Cant Let Go / Yorktown M- £350 Two versions of this great track on the label, personally I love them both, but I’m only going to keep one, hence sale. John Washington - Burn The Calendar / Sandwich M- £80 ** SOLD ** Fabulous soulful 45, very mint condition label and vinyl... Jackey Beavers - Bring Me All Your Heartaches / Grandland M- £100 ** SOLD ** Always been a quality track, very mint green issue… Franciene Thomas - To Beautiful To Be Good / Tragar M- £120 ** SOLD ** BIG Demand for this label, there are a few common ones but the rest are hard, this is I think one of the best on the label, really beautiful 45 which took me an absolute age to get… The Four Sonics - Easier Said Than Done Ex £85** SOLD ** Anybody used to buy of Rob Pheasant, He used to scratch his name into his collection 45’s, I got this of him in 88/9, and its stayed with me since then. Nice clean Styrene Issue… The Foundations - Change My Life / UK Psyco Ex £100 Two 45’s of worth on this label, with a recent reissue of the other, this is a really great Crossover 45… Fabulous Four - If I Knew / Santimo M- £50 Steaming mint copy, real nice one, great group track that originally came out on Peak I think.. Doris Troy - Face up to The Truth / He's Qualified / Demo M- Capitol £100 ** SOLD ** How times change, and record prices! I bought this of Butch at the 100 club for £250 one night when I was absolutely slashed over 15 years ago. I could hardly stand up, in fact I could have given him 400 quid out of my pocket I wouldn’t have known… still supreme double sider with He's Qualified in later years being the side for me. Very 'ice nice' super clean Demo, has Butch’s Handwriting on the sleeve for some sheer excitement! Kind regards, Malcolm

Pm'd ya m

Wow, what a track, Wendall Watts for £30, Ive got one mate otherwise id have this straight away... thirty quid!

Hi all, more nice Christmas 'Sales'... --------- Tx ** Payment to be made by pay pal, as Friends & Family (Gift Payment) to: arkanoid300@hotmail.com ** POST ** 1st Class Signed for Within the Uk (Insured upto £50) £2.50 Reg Post (Insured upto £500 within the UK) £7.00 If your overseas just say where and I'll quote you separately....I do not offer free postage unless stated. Kind regards, Malcolm The Brentwoods - Gee But I Miss Him / Bell Sound Acetate VG++ £50 Plays fine this, and is a really great Girl Group track that came on ‘Talent Records’ in the US. I think this is really brilliant record… Sonny Craver - I Wanna Thank You / Stanton £50 VG** SOLD ** The Teri De 45 goes for a couple hundred quid, and rightly so, this then although the condition is very worn, plays very well, no clicks, jumps plays straight through with hiss but its nominal, one of those 45’s that plays two grades better than it looks…a £300 tune in Mint condition on this label, and dog rare… The Stratoliners - What Do You Want With My Love WD M- £120 ** SOLD ** Great looking white label Radio Station Demo, brilliant crossover track that shuffles along at a ice pace.. Great lead and tight backing vocals.. September Jones - Stuttering Sam / Billy & Clyde - A World of my Own / 100 club Anniversary 45 M- £45 ** SOLD ** Big track from a couple years backat the 100 club, alternative version of ‘Mikki Farrow — Set my Heart at Ease on Karate’. Sammy King - Your Old Standby / She's Moody With Her Love £250 Brilliant mid sixties double sider, with ‘Your Old standby’ edging it for me, the very rare other track released by Sammy on this label. Rooservelt and the Seven C's - We Were Always Sweethearts £100 VG++ ** SOLD ** Class crossover track, great looking label, you don’t see this 45 about much… Patti Austin - Your Too Much A Part of Me / Coral Yellow Demo M- £85 Brilliant Dancer, flip is also brilliant… Otis Clay - You Hurt Me for the Last Time / Dakar WD M- £75 ** SOLD ** Quality deep track from the Dakar label, very nice copy… The Mask Man and The Agents - I Wouldn't Come Back VG++ £50 This is such a good 45, really brilliant song, and great looking label, its got a bit of bubbling which you get with this title, where the glue on the label starts to come away, but its EX player…see scan Loretha Vanover - I'm Here To Give It To You / come on Lets Do It / Chas Ann VG++ £40 ** SOLD ** I’m here side is clean but flip had WOL and some tape…Took me ages to get this, rare 45, and very good one out of Birmingham Alabama, first arrived on these shores via Rod Dearlove I think… See these records here, and a whole lot more... Planet Records Happy Christmas! Malcolm

15 sets of 10 consecutive "hail Marys" in a row ... has the Pope taught you nothing!! Mel.B